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noun
A (generally magical) vow, obligation or injunction placed upon someone to do or not do something, which typically brings harm if violated and blessings if obeyed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A mystical compulsion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Borrowed, like English geis, from Irish geis (“injunction; taboo, prohibition, spell”). The pronunciation resembles Irish geis, though the spelling matches its synonymous but heterophonous alternative form geas.
